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01/02/2011

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What european disease was most devastating to the Indians?
Definition
Small Pox
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What is Polytheism?
Definition
The belief in multiple gods
Term
This word refers to the mothers side of the family.
Definition
Maternal
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Which agreement between Spain and Portugal divided the world into spheres for exploration?
Definition
Treaty of Tordesillas
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What was the renaissance?
Definition
Time of arts and science outbreak
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What was the relationship between Europeans and Native Americans?
Definition
They hated them and moved them out
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What are proprietary colonies?
Definition
Colonies granted to an individual or group by the british crown and were granted full rights of self-government
Term
What are the tenets of Puritanism?
Definition
Obedience, monotheism, predestination, original sin, all people are evil, god's providence, and election
Term
Who founded Rhode Island?
Definition
Roger Williams
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Who is the confederation of New England?
Definition
an alliance of the English Colonies
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What is common sense?
Definition
A book written by Thomas Paine, challenged the authority of the British government
Term
What and when was the declaration of independence?
Definition
Declared independence for the US on July 4th, 1776
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What was the final battle of the Revolutionary War?
Definition
The battle of Yorktown
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What was the first permanent British colony in North America?
Definition
Jamestown, Virginia
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What were the Intolerable Acts?
Definition
Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, triggered outrage and resistance in the 13 colonies
Term
What were the articles of confederation?
Definition
They specified how the federal government was to operate
Term
What were the original 13 colonies?
Definition
Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
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What was the Great Compromise?
Definition
2 houses in congress, the senate and the house of representatives
Term
What were the guarantees for individuals from the Bill of Rights?
Definition
Different, better rights
Term
Why did some demand a bill of rights?
Definition
To have fair/equal rights
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What is another name for the upper house?
Definition
Congress
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What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?
Definition
No foreign policy, also, states printed their own currency
Term
What were Lewis and Clark supposed to do?
Definition
explore the new land
Term
Andrew Jackson got his reputation as a hero from what battle?
Definition
War of 1812
Term
Settlers and Native Americans fought over what?
Definition
Land
Term
What did Lewis and Clark's maps and reports do?
Definition
Made a trail to get to the new land
Term
What is Manifest Destiny?
Definition
The belief for the US to expand to the Pacific Ocean
Term
When was the Louisiana Purchase and what did it do?
Definition
1803, doubled the size of the US
Term
What did Eli Whitney do?
Definition
Invented the cotton gin
Term
What did Marbury vs. Madison start?
Definition
Judicial Review
Term
What happened with the March to the Sea?
Definition
Ended the civil war; destroyed the south's railways, roads, and ability to control fighting
Term
Who assassinated Lincoln?
Definition
John Wilkes Booth
Term
What did the 14th amendment declare?
Definition
Each state had equal protection
Term
What was a result of all the industrialization?
Definition
The growth of cities
Term
Where were the "new immigrants" from?
Definition
Eastern and southern Europe
Term
What was the result of Upton Sinclairs work?
Definition
Caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act from his book "The Jungle"
Term
What was Florence Kelly against?
Definition
Child Labor
Term
Who was a leader in the Settlement House Movement?
Definition
Jane Addams
Term
Which labor organization helped get to an 8 hour day?
Definition
The Knights of Labor
Term
What is Social Darwinism?
Definition
The study of human society
Term
What is vertical integration?
Definition
When companies are united by a common owner
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What are muckrakers?
Definition
They exposed corruption of businesses or the government to the public
Term
What is scientific management?
Definition
A theory of management that analyzes and workflows with the objective of improving labor productivity
Term
Who is the owner of standard oil?
Definition
John D. Rockerfeller
Term
What was the Grange?
Definition
A fraternal organization
Term
Why did many immigrants settle in cities?
Definition
It is where they landed at first
Term
What are corporations?
Definition
Large companies
Term
What was the 1st amendment?
Definition
Prohibits the congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion"
Term
What is representative democracy?
Definition
a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals
Term
What are antitrust laws?
Definition
state and federal laws made to prevent monopolies
Term
Where did the industrial revolution originate?
Definition
Great Britain
Term
Describe the living situation in a tenement.
Definition
Horrible, crowded
Term
What was the Great Awakening?
Definition
Religious revival
Term
What did the Treaty of Paris say?
Definition
France was to give up Canada and any land east of the Mississippi river to Great Britain
Term
Why did Puritans come to the US?
Definition
To escape religious persecution
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What are pilgrims?
Definition
People who visit places of religious/historical importance
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What were the Navigation Acts of 1660?
Definition
All European goods bound for the colonies are to be shipped through England first
Term
Who were the candidates for the election of 1912?
Definition
President- Taft, Wilson, Roosevelt, Debs
Vice President- Sherman, Marshall, Johnson, Seidel
Term
What did the social gospel movement do?
Definition
Placed it's emphasis on the application of christian principles to society's problems
Term
Who was the leader of the settlement house movement?
Definition
Jane Addams
Term
What is democracy?
Definition
Government by the people
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What is the purpose of the antitrust laws?
Definition
to prevent democracy
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What is a result of the rapid growth of cities?
Definition
Diseases are spread
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